DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. -- Mercy College has been awarded a major grant of just over 1.1 million dollars from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. The grant is for a project to advance mathematics education, with a particular emphasis on veterans retraining for new careers as secondary mathematics teachers.Mercy College Associate Professor of ...

DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. -- When Mercy College alumnus Ricardo Rodriguez ’14, M.A. ’15 was growing up in Mount Vernon, school always came easy to him – especially math. But the son of Mexican immigrants explains that for him, after high school, college seemed very out of reach because his family didn’t have the money to send him. Unclear about what exactly to do, he joined the Marine Corps in ...

DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. -- The New York State Association of Mathematics Supervisors (NYSAMS) inducted Mercy College Associate Professor of Mathematics Education Dr. William Farber into the New York State Mathematics Educators Hall of Fame.“It is an honor to be recognized by New York State’s most distinguished leaders in mathematics education," said Farber. "Teaching and learning is ...

DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. -- Mercy College has been designated a 2016 STEM Jobs Approved College by Victory Media, a leader in connecting young professionals with career opportunities in science, technology, engineering and math. The 2016 STEM Jobs Approved Colleges survey rates universities, colleges, community colleges and trade schools on their ability and responsiveness to programs ...

DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. -- Mercy College recently hosted this year’s Wipro Science Education Conference, with the two-day conference being held on campus and an evening reception at the Bronx Zoo. The conference, which brings together K-12 teachers from New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts, is part of the Wipro Science Education Fellowship. The fellowship is a five-year science teacher ...

DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. -- When Mercy College alumnus Ricardo Rodriguez ’14, M.A. ’15 was growing up in Mount Vernon, school always came easy to him – especially math. But the son of Mexican immigrants explains that for him, after high school, college seemed very out of reach because his family didn’t have the money to send him. Unclear about what exactly to do, he joined the Marine Corps in ...

DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. -- The New York State Association of Mathematics Supervisors (NYSAMS) inducted Mercy College Associate Professor of Mathematics Education Dr. William Farber into the New York State Mathematics Educators Hall of Fame.“It is an honor to be recognized by New York State’s most distinguished leaders in mathematics education," said Farber. "Teaching and learning is ...

DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. -- Mercy College has been awarded a major grant of just over 1.1 million dollars from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program. The grant is for a project to advance mathematics education, with a particular emphasis on veterans retraining for new careers as secondary mathematics teachers.Mercy College Associate Professor of ...